Keeping hens · National rules

Can you keep backyard chickens in Oman?

Registration: conditions apply, for the keepers covered below, under the Pastures and Animal Wealth Management Law as issued in 2003 (later amendments not checked). What we found on bird flu, welfare and the keeping rule follows, including what we couldn't establish.

Read from 3 official sources22 passages quotedChecked October 29, 2026

At a glance

Registering your flock

Conditions apply

National keeping rule

Rule with conditions

Bird-flu housing orders

Status needs rechecking

Welfare rules

Rule identified

A sourced reading of national law in Oman, not legal advice. Local ordinances and zoning, HOA rules, and any local rooster or coop limits aren't covered here yet: check your local code before you get hens.

Keeping your flock

These findings cover the national scope stated below. They do not determine whether chickens are allowed at a particular home. City zoning, property restrictions and other local rules are outside this research.

Registering as a poultry keeper

Conditions apply to this finding

Jurisdiction: Oman

Applies to: Owners of animal wealth (animal species and birds that help provide food or serve any other purpose), under the Pastures and Animal Wealth Management Law as issued in 2003; later amendments not checked.

Outside this finding's scope

  • The executive regulation that sets how and by whom registration is done was not read; whether small backyard flocks are covered was not established.

What the checked sources say

  • Owners must register their animal wealth as the executive regulation sets (Pastures and Animal Wealth Management Law, Art. 12).
  • Owners of the animals the regulation specifies must hold an animal-wealth holding card and report the number of animals and birds they own and any changes (Art. 14).

Thresholds

  • No flock-size threshold was quoted; the executive regulation (not read) specifies which owners need a holding card.

Authority: Ministry of Agricultural Wealth, Fisheries and Water Resources

Fee: Holding card: one Omani rial for four years (fee annex of 2025).

The official wording

Bird-flu housing orders

Current status needs rechecking

An official current-status link has not been established.

Orders can change between checks. A missed check or an expired order does not establish that no order applies.

Housing-order finding as checked on 2026-10-29

The scope and conditions below are a dated record, not confirmation of today's position.

No rule identified in this research

This does not establish that no authority can order poultry to be housed or confined.

Uses housing orders in this scope: Not established from the sources checked.

Jurisdiction: Oman

Applies to: Animal-health measures under the Pastures and Animal Wealth Management Law as issued in 2003 (later amendments not checked).

Outside this finding's scope

  • The executive regulation that sets animal-health measures was not read; no housing-order power was identified, which does not establish that none exists.

What the checked sources say

  • The executive regulation is to set animal-health measures and procedures to protect animal wealth (Art. 2(8)).
  • Current status is not shown here; no official status page was identified.
Checked
Recheck due

Historical evidence, as checked

These quotations record what was checked on the dates shown. They do not confirm an order's current status.

Small-flock welfare minimums

Rule identified for the scope below

Jurisdiction: Oman

Applies to: Owners and carers of animals, under the Animal Welfare Law as issued in 2017 (later amendments not checked); 'animal' includes birds, and the law reaches public and private places where animals are kept.

What the checked sources say

  • Take all precautions against harming animals or causing them pain or suffering.
  • Provide suitable housing and living conditions; check on the animals at least once a day; monitor their health and present them to a veterinarian for examination and treatment.
  • Feed animals suitably for their age and kind, in amounts that keep them healthy.
  • Do not leave animals outside their assigned places or neglected.

The official wording

National rules on keeping poultry

Conditions apply to this finding

Jurisdiction: Oman

Applies to: Setting up an animal production farm (Pastures and Animal Wealth Management Law as issued in 2003; later amendments not checked).

Outside this finding's scope

  • Whether a backyard coop counts as an animal production farm was not established.
  • Municipal and governorate rules on keeping poultry at home were not researched; this is not permission to keep chickens.

What the checked sources say

  • Animal production farms may be set up only with the approval of the competent unit (Art. 15).
  • The competent unit is the body the executive regulation names (Art. 1); the 2025 fee annex lists a licence for small animal production farms, issued or renewed for one year for twenty-five Omani rials (Decision 2025/1, Annex 1, row 6).

The official wording

Selling eggs in Oman? →License, small-flock line, markets and cartons, on their own page.Selling: License: not stated

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Common questions

Do I have to register backyard chickens in Oman?
Registration: conditions apply. The finding covers: Owners of animal wealth (animal species and birds that help provide food or serve any other purpose), under the Pastures and Animal Wealth Management Law as issued in 2003; later amendments not checked. No flock-size threshold was quoted; the executive regulation (not read) specifies which owners need a holding card. Outside this finding's scope: The executive regulation that sets how and by whom registration is done was not read; whether small backyard flocks are covered was not established. Authority: Ministry of Agricultural Wealth, Fisheries and Water Resources.
Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Oman?
The national sources we read don't settle it, and we haven't identified who decides. Check your local rules before you get hens.
Do I have to keep my hens indoors for bird flu in Oman?
Housing orders come and go, so we never show one as current. We haven't confirmed an official current-status page for it.

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